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> Culturally, Ukraine seems to be much closer to Russia than to EU. The south-east of Ukraine, that is. The western regions of Ukraine seem to be much closer
by geoka9 13y ago
> Culturally, Ukraine seems to be much closer to Russia than to EU.
The south-east of Ukraine, that is.
The western regions of Ukraine seem to be much closer to Central Europe (Poland and others).
- malkung 13y agoI am not sure about that. Yes, they are oriented towards the West, but they too were in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union for a long time, except Western-most regions that were part of Poland until WW2.